Department of Public Health Sciences
Division of Social Medicine

Safe Community Monthly NewsIssue No.19February 2009^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^Dear Colleagues,In this issue
Safe Walk with Me
Report: South Australia
Atsugi city - Japan
Forthcoming conferences
Courses
New Journal
Books and websites of interest

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We wish to thanks to the colleagues who wished us for New Year. Sorry
we could not acknowledge or reply individual wishes due to large
numbers of emails.
News and reports of this issue are appended below. Same issue is alsoavailable at our WHO Collaborating Centre on Community Safety
Promotion website: http://www.phs.ki.se/csp/who_newsletters_en.htm
With warm regards
Leif Svanström, Responsible Editor
Koustuv Dalal, Editor

Safe Walk with Me:
The educational activity held in Huamu primary school
An educational activity of Safe Kids Walking Day with the theme “Safe Walk with me” was held
successfully on November 24, 2008 in the Huamu Primary School. It was organized by Safe Kids Worldwide,
the first and only international non‐profit organization dedicated solely to preventing unintentional childhood
injury, united with the Huamu Street and FedEx Express which is one of the largest national express
companies. It aims to teach kids some safe traffic knowledge and announce to invite the chief coach of Chinese
Badminton Team Li Yongbo as the next ambassador of SAFE KIDS Walk. About 260 students of the Huamu
Primary School and 20 volunteers of FedEx Express actively participate in the interesting activity.
Furthermore, the Chinese Executive Director of Safe Kids Worldwide Cui minyan, the instructor of the 5th
traffic police Station in Pudong New Area Gu Xiangmin, the deputy director of the 3 rd education bureau Tong
Ziqiang, the Chief Recorder of Party Office of the Huamu street and Office Director Li Zhilin, the Office
Assistant Director Jiang Weizhong, the Director of the Sanitation Service Centre Wu Chengrong are invited tothe activity.
Besides the chief coach Li Yongbo, other four popular Chinese badminton players—Lindan, Xie Zhongbo,
Zhangning and Yuyang, who have an excellent performance in the just‐ended Chinese Badminton Open in2008 also attend the public service. They as well as the volunteers issue the proposal to the community andpersonally set an example, hoping road traffic security can get further improved to make sure that around thecommunity and the school environment can even more safeguard childʹs walk safety.

Reporter: Chen Fang, Huamu, China1

Report from SA Unions, South Australia
SA Unions is the peak Union body in South Australia. South Australia is on the cusp of economic andsocial change.
The SA Unions Agenda for South Australia was launched on 25 November 2008 and contains key goals,
recommendations and initiatives. The agenda is set out as a 4‐part manifesto of priorities to achieve SAUnionsʹ vision for a just South Australia with safe and fair working conditions and a strong sustainableeconomy that supports families, communities and the environment for the future.
Two of the recommendations under ʺA strong safety regimeʺ include South Australia becoming aninternational Safe Community and the Passport to Safety program (developed by Safe Communities Canadaand now adapted by the national Safe Communities Foundations in Australia and New Zealand) becoming
the standard Occupational Health and Safety program for all Year 10 students in South Australia to undertake.
The full agenda can be found at this website with the recommendations mentioned on page18
http://www.saunions.org.au/campaigns_new/organising.php
SA Unions are strong supporters of the Safe Communities movement both in South Australia and nationally.
Reporter: Meegan Brotherton, Australian Safe Communities Foundation

Atsugi City, Japan: meeting for education of Safe Community at each place
Atsugi City has been having meeting for education of Safe Community at each place in theCity, since last spring, in order to spread Safe Community into residents.
At the meeting, the concept of Safe Community and projects for developing safe community
were told residents in cooperation with a fire station, a police station, a public health centerand so on.
What residents participate into activities is indispensable to developing Safe Community.
To develop Safe Community involved with residents, it is very important to hold informationin common and discuss between residents and government. Such meeting is not only
education to residents but give a chance to discuss about injury prevention at the each
community with residents. Moreover this meeting makes issues in each community clear, andthey can hold the issues in common.

Meeting for education of Safe Community ‐ their awareness of Safe Community will be deepened surely bymore meeting, and then activities for Safe Community at community level will become active with voluntarily

Reporter: Naoya Hatta, Japan2

Forthcoming Safety and Injury Conferences( Next World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion will be in London, UK, 21‐24
September, 2010 (details provided below)( Postponement of the first regional conference on injury prevention and safety promotion, Cairo, Egypt, 22‐
25 February 2009 (due to unavoidable reasons).
2009•National Injury & Violence Prevention Research Conference: From
Discovery to Practice. Innovative Translational Approaches to Injury
Prevention and Care. March 5‐6, 2009, Emory Conference Centre Hotel, Atlanta,GA, USA.
There will be a pre‐conference workshop on March 4, 2009.
The place of the conference is: Website address with brochure information is located at:
http://www.savirweb.org/assets/188_emoryconfinjuryviolencefi.pdf
Online registration address is located at: http://www.med.emory.edu/CME/course/09/09‐EM0304.cfm•

9th National Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion
26-28 July, 2009
Melbourne, Australia
www.injuryprevention2009.com
Abstract submission closes on 10 November 2008.

•18th International Conference on Safe CommunitiesSafe Policies as an axis for development
August 13 – 15, 2009
Cali, Colombia
Date for Abstract submission: 28 February
Contact persons: Martha Lucia Castañeda
E-mail: safecolombia@gmail.com
Julian Santaella
E- mail: julian_santaella@hotmail.com
Second Announcement: English
http://www.cisalva.univalle.edu.co/flyer_ingles.pdf
For information: www.cisalva.univalle.edu.co•

5th Asian Regional Conference on Safe Communities (ARCSC)
Safety, Health, Harmony
18-20 October 2009 NEW DATE!
Beijing, China
China Occupational Safety & Health Association (COSHA)
http://www.cosha.org.cn
First Announcement: http://www.cosha.org.cn//upload/1224465633423324.pdf
Date not changed in the Announcement yet!
Abstract deadline: 30 March 2008
Contact persons: Ms Wu Yanhua and Mr Liu Yan, E-mail: 2009ascc@cosha.org.cn•Senior Safety- future challenges
Nordic Conference
21 -22 October 2009
Karlstad, SwedenFirst Announcement and Call for Abstracts
www.phs.ki.se/csp/pdf/Conferences/2009_senior_safety_call_for_abstract.pdf
Abstract deadline: 27 February, 2009
For information: Dr Tommy Rosenberg, Head of Knowledge Centre for Senior Safety, Karlstad, Sweden
Tommy.Rosenberg@Karlstad.se•201019th International Safe Communities Conference
Sustainability of Safe Community Programs23- 26 March, 2010
Suwon, Korea
For information: jpcho@ajou.ac.kr
http://www.safety2010.org.uk/

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10th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion
21-24 September, 2010
London, UK
The first formal announcement for Safety 2010 will be issued in January 2009
Call for abstracts will open in April 2009.
http://www.safety2010.org.uk
Contact: Karen Hughes
Email: k.e.hughes@ljmu.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0) 151 231 8723
Centre for Public Health, Liverpool John Moores University, Kingsway House, 5th Floor, Hatton Garden, Liverpool
L3 2AJ, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 151 231 4510 | Fax: +44 (0) 151 231 4515

Course RESEARCH EDUCATION Course 2009
6th International Course - A Ph.D. Course: Research in Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion: Designs,Methods & Analysis, October - November 2009 (5 weeks)
Stockholm, Sweden, 7.5 Credits
Application deadline: 15 April 2009
Course Organizer: Reza Mohammadi, MD, MPH, PhD
Email: Reza.Mohammadi@ki.se, Phone: +46 8 7373775, Fax: +46 8 30 73 51
Courses 2009/ 2010
4th International Ph.D. Course on InternetINJURY SURVEILLANCE AND CODING
1 October 2009 - 31 March 2010 (25% rate)
7,5 Credits
Course Organizer: Professor Lars-Gunnar Hörte , lars-gunnar.horte@ki.seNew Journal:

Journal of Injury and Violence Research, http://jivresearch.org/

Books and websites of interest
‘The Way Forward’ Transportation Planning and Road Safety. Authors: Geetam Tiwari, Dinesh Mohan and Nicol
Muhlrad. ISBN 1403 92502 X, Macmillan India Ltd. New Delhi.

Abuse of Elderly in Europe. http://www.abuel.org/

“Violence, Dangerousnes in the day by day living ʺ. Edited by Rosgal. Montevideo. 2002. Free
version at SitioMedico: http://www.sitiomedico.com.uy/artnac/maltzman.pdf
and in Amadeo Guestbook, The Medical Literature Guide ( Code 1234 ? 2/20/02). New 2005‐2006 Edition.

WHO Collaborating Centre for Community Safety Promotion
Karolinska Institutet
Department of Public Health Sciences
Division of Social Medicine
Norrbacka 2nd Floor, SE-171 76, Stockholm, Sweden.
Communication: Koustuv Dalal (Email: koustuv.dalal@ki.se )4